Jul 31, 2018 SOURCE: African Aerospace News
An opportunity to promote astronomy in Africa
On the night of 34 August 2018, American, French and Senegalese scientists will be in Senegal to observe as asteroid Ultima Thule passes between Earth and a distant star, a phenomenon called stellar occultation, before NASAs New Horizons spacecraft performs a flyby of this object on 1 January 2019.
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